Elizabeth Huntoon

Elizabeth Huntoon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with four decades of experience. She uses a warm, empathetic style to help people cope with stress, anxiety, mood changes, and anger. Her approach is practical and grounded, aimed at helping people manage daily struggles and feel more capable.

She draws on client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her practice for addressing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and mindfulness tools are used to help people notice and shift difficult feelings.

Elizabeth has long experience helping people with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and identity concerns including LGBT issues. She has also supported clients facing addictions, career stress, sleep and eating problems, and caregiving or end-of-life concerns. Her background includes work with immigration and cultural adaptation, adoption and fertility-related stress, and aging concerns.

Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck, then tests small changes together. Over time she helps clients build skills for handling anger, improving communication, and coping with life transitions.

Based in Massachusetts, she offers therapy in English. To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire to connect and schedule.

How Elizabeth’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s needs and goals first. In practice this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and helps set manageable objectives that feel relevant to everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, anger, sleep, and mood concerns by practicing new skills between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels most useful and combine methods as needed. Together they set goals and try practical steps, then adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a week by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or letting people choose whether to be on camera. It also lets clients practice skills in the settings where problems happen and bring real-life examples into sessions. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so progress can continue between meetings.